Combined guano-distributer and cotton-seed planter.



C. W. WELSH. COMBINED GUANO DISTRIBUTER AND COTTON SEED PLANTER.APPLIOAIION Plum AUG. 3, 1908.

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CHARLES WM. WELSH, OF BUFFALO, ALABAMA.

COMBINED GUANO-DISTRIBUTER AND COTTON-SEED PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed August 3, 1908. Serial No. 446,692.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cr-rAnLEs WM. WELSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Chambers and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Guano-Distributer and Cotton Seed Planter, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined guano distributorand cotton seed planter, and the object is to provide means wherebyfertilizer will be distributed through the planter by agitating meansand the cotton seed dropped and planted as the planter is drawn over theground.

A further object resides in providing a wheel for each compartment ofthe planter, and connected to these wheels are agitating means whichstir up the fertilizer and seeds, whereby they are properly distributedas the planter is drawn along.

Another object is in the provision of the feed slide which can be soadjusted to permit of the planting of grain, peas, and the like.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, Fig.2 is a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan,and, Fig. 4 is a cross-section.

A, represents the hopper which is made of two compartments 1 and 2, thecompartment 1 being for the guano or fertilizer, and the othercompartment for the seed to be planted. A beam 3 has two plates 4, 4,connected thereto, which plates are connected at their other ends to abar 5, which forms a frame or body for the hopper of the planter. The

lanter is pivotally supported on the plates lietween the bar 5 and beam3.

Connected to the beam 3 is the standard and plow 6 for making the usualfurrow for the seeds, and connected to the bar 5, and suitably spacedapart are the cultivator bars and teeth for covering the grain or seedafter it his been discharged from the body or hoper P A shaft 7 extendsthrough the walls of the hopper in the fertilizer compartment, andagltating fingers or bars 8, 8, are connected to the shaft for stirringup the fertilizer and feeding it through the opening 9 in the bottom ofthe hopper. A wheel 10 is mounted on the shaft 7 and teeth 1 1, 11, areformed on the rim of the wheel, which is caused to revolve as theplanter is drawn along by coming in contact with the soil which rotatesshaft 7. A similar shaft 12 is journaled through the walls of the hopperand extends through the compartment 2, which holds the seed, and thisshaft is provided with the agitating fingers 13, 13. Mounted on theshaft is a wheel 14 similar to the wheel 10 but in the rear of the wheel10, and on the opposite side of the planter. In the seed compartment 2,a shaft 15 is mounted carrying agitating fingers 16.

On one end of the shaft 15, a crank arm 17 is formed, to which isconnected a rod 17. The rod 17 is connected to the crank arm 18 on theshaft 12 whereby shaft 15 is given a quarter turn u on the revolution ofthe shaft 12. This a ditional shaft 15 keeps the grain or seed stirredup sufficiently so that there is no danger of the compartment becomingclogged and preventing the seed from passing through the o ening 19 inthe bottom of the hopper. ransversing the bottom of the hopper are metalplates 20 and 21. Plate 21 is ca able of being adiusted with respect tothe p ate 20 to permit of sufficient space being formed whereby thefertilizer and seeds may be discharged from the hopper. One side of thelate 21 is provided with the notch 22 whlch is used when large seeds areto be planted, such as corn, peas, beans, or the like, by simplyreversing the plate so that the notched portion will be received overthe opening in the bottom of the compartment, permitting the seeds topass through.

The usual handles 23 are attached to the body portion or frame of theplanter for guiding the same as the seed is being planted.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have rovided means whereby thefertilizer may e distributed at the same time that the seed is beingdischarged from the planter, and further that agitating means isprovided in both compartments which are operated independently of eachother, and in the seed compartment, means is provided for operating twoagitators.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined fertilizer distributer and planter, the combinationwith a body, of a hopper nic jnte pl t-hereon, compartments formed inthe hopper, and agitator shafts by their contact With the soil as theplanter 7 travels, thereby operating the shafts.

2. In a combined fertilizer distributer and planter, the combinationWith a body, of a opper mounted thereon, compartments formed in thehopper, and agitator shafts journaled in the compartments, wheelsmounted on the shafts, one of said Wheels in advance of the other, andthe Wheels rotated by their contact with the soil as the plantertravels, thereby operating the shafts, a secondary shaft in one of thecompartments, and means connecting said shaft With one f the a n haft wer by a o y shaft is given a quarter turn with each revolution' of themain shaft.

3. In a combined fertilizer distributer and lanter, the combination\Vltll a beam and Ear, plates connecting the beam and bar, of a hopperpivotally mounted on the plates, agitators journaled in the hopper,Wheels connected to the agitator shafts, one of the Wheels in advance ofthe other for operating the shafts and discharging the contents as theplanter travels.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

CHARLES WM. WELSH. lVitnesses:

JOHN A. TUCKER, J. W. A. VARDAMAN.

